Next weekM-W 5/2-4: Georgia Milestones End of Course AssessmentF 5/6: Final portfolio due; Read the rest of The Road.

Monday, April 25

Read “Calypso” and “Polyphemus”; compare and contrast setting.

View The Odysseyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxMplOAEn4U; compare and contrast the film adaptation with the text. How do the director’s choices influence the audience’s perception of Odysseus, Calypso, and Polyphemus? How does the director emphasize the traits of an epic hero?

Read and annotate the article on Greek hospitality: The Value of Hospitality in Ancient Greek Society; write an informative paragraph explaining what Odysseus’s encounter with Maron reveals about ancient Greek attitudes regarding hospitality and how Polyphemus violates “laws” of behavior in his encounter with Odysseus.

Tuesday, April 26

Read “The Land of the Dead” p.1064-9 and “Scylla & Charybdis” p. 1073-6

Discussion: So far, who seems to be the “better” hero? The Man, or Odysseus? Why?

View The Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxMplOAEn4U; compare and contrast the film adaptation with the text. How do the director’s choices influence the audience’s perception of Odysseus, Calypso, and Polyphemus? How does the director emphasize the traits of an epic hero?

Note the list of characters in The Odyssey on p. 982 of the textbook; read the epic hero notes.

Read the invocation to The Odyssey 981 and “I am Laertes’ Son” p.983.

Share mini-me epic heroes.

Read “Calypso” and “Polyphemus”; compare and contrast setting.

View The Odysseyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxMplOAEn4U; compare and contrast the film adaptation with the text. How do the director’s choices influence the audience’s perception of Odysseus, Calypso, and Polyphemus? How does the director emphasize the traits of an epic hero?

Friday, April 22

View “Survival” episode of Brain Games; connect the ideas from the episode to reading passages from The Odysseyand The Road

Discussion: So far, who seems to be the “better” hero? The Man, or Odysseus? Why?

EOC Prep: Students will write a short response to the following prompt: The protagonists from The Odyssey and from The Road can be considered “heroes” in their own way. Argue who is the better hero and why. Use quotes from The Odyssey “Invocation,” “Sailing from Troy,” “Calypso,” and “Polyphemus” and from The Road pp. 1-150. Remember to include claims, reasons, and evidence.